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About the show
A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.
Episodes
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124: Maintaining Your Legacy (Scott Ford)
November 23rd, 2014 | Season 3 | 32 mins 57 secs
Chad talks to Scott Ford, founder & COO of Corgibytes, about the business of software remodeling/retrofitting, and finding value and beauty in old code.
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123: Don't Call It a Codecation (Chris Hunt)
November 18th, 2014 | Season 3 | 24 mins 49 secs
Ben & Chris Hunt catch up on their latest conference talks, podcasts, and things accomplished on their recent coding retreat.
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122: Ruby, the Weird Way (Britt Ballard, Caleb Thompson, Richard Schneeman, Terence Lee)
November 10th, 2014 | Season 3 | 50 mins 18 secs
Britt Ballard leads this roundtable discussion on home-growing your own conference and their experiences, from theme and logo selection to scheduling guests and venues, turning Keep Ruby Weird from a dream into a reality.
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121: Prolificness (Allison House)
November 2nd, 2014 | Season 3 | 32 mins 30 secs
Guest-Ben Chad Pytel talks with Allison House about maintaining personal growth while freelancing, and her approach to harnessing your capacity to learn.
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120: Open Your World For Commentary (Tom Lehman)
October 27th, 2014 | Season 3 | 54 mins 19 secs
Ben talks with Tom Lehman, creator of Genius, about the power of honesty in corporate culture, and navigating the mores of discussing salary.
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119: Create Value or Create Technology? (Pete Hunt)
October 19th, 2014 | Season 3 | 27 mins 52 secs
Ben talks with Pete Hunt, formerly of Facebook & Instagram, on React and what makes this unique JavaScript library tick, as well as shifting from a technical to a business focused mindset.
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118: Scare Yourself (Dan Martell)
October 12th, 2014 | Season 3 | 37 mins 46 secs
Ben talks with Dan Martell, CEO and founder of Clarity, about self-actualization in business, how life is affected by those around which one surrounds themselves and the value of staying outside one's comfort zone.
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117: Designing Quality (Will Sulinski)
September 21st, 2014 | Season 3 | 27 mins 27 secs
Ben talks with Will Sulinski, founder of Pistol Lake, on translating lessons learned from the tech sector into success in the fashion industry.
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116: A Model Jellyfish (Carl Smith)
September 14th, 2014 | Season 3 | 31 mins 51 secs
Ben talks with nGen Works founder Carl Smith about alternatives to a "flat" structure, remote management & community building.
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115: There's a Spectrum Involved Here (Brandon Bloom)
September 7th, 2014 | Season 3 | 37 mins 4 secs
Ben talks with Brandon Bloom about finding the right tool for the job, there being too many objects in OO Programing and the importance for a full spectrum of options, regardless of the choice.
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114: Offer Value First (Ryan Delk)
August 31st, 2014 | Season 3 | 24 mins 58 secs
Ben talks with Gumroad grower Ryan Delk about standing out from your peers by adding value before you ask for value.
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113: Minimum Path to Awesome (Rob Walling)
August 24th, 2014 | Season 3 | 32 mins 54 secs
Ben and Rob Walling, founder of Drip and HitTail, discuss engaging your audience, the path to building new habits and the need to create.
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112: Data By Design (Joanne Cheng)
August 17th, 2014 | Season 3 | 26 mins 32 secs
Ben talks to developer Joanne Cheng about lessons learned from the conference circuit, as well as the subject of her latest conf talk, Data-Driven-Documents within JavaScript, and trends in dashboard design.
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111: Thinking Outside the Loop (Chris Granger)
August 10th, 2014 | Season 3 | 41 mins 45 secs
Ben talks with Chris Granger, creator of Light Table, about building a better IDE and envisioning a world where all programming happens inside a database and anyone can do it.
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110: Protecting Invisible Things (Eric Mill)
August 3rd, 2014 | Season 3 | 32 mins 10 secs
This week Ben talks with former thoughtbotter, and creator of Is It Christmas, Eric Mill about the power of blogging, the personal empowerment offered by the internet and the role of government in the digital age.
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109: Venturing Thru Capital (Alex Taussig)
July 27th, 2014 | Season 3 | 36 mins 18 secs
Ben delves behind the scenes of a VC firm with Alex Taussig of Highland Capital.